#natal scorpio moon
NATALMOONINSCORPIO
_____________ how they feel _____________
scorpio is a passionate and deeply erotic sign and certainly the person with this moon sign is capable of exhibiting both to the partner in their life. when deeply anxious about intimacy, they can be a fly-by-night player. however, their soul yearns for a much deeper connection, where they are able to respond with passion and intensity.
in general, this is one individual who is not easy to know. they may seem extremely slow to someone who doesn’t know them. this is because they have an all-or-nothing attitude to a romantic relationship. if a partner doesn’t deeply click into their psyche, they can be extremely cold, detached, remote, and ambivalent. this is a person who is not only very complicated but who also tends to make matters complicated - in their own mind. having a very calculating mind and a horror of any kind of vulnerability, they are deeply self-protective and would never venture forth in a romantic situation if there was a chance that they might get hurt. as much as they might like an intensely passionate, erotic relationship, they are not at all comfortable surrendering to it until they know that they can either trust their lover completely or else control them successfully. this person knows this sort of surrender means possible loss of control and mental clarity, which is exactly what they need for survival. therefore, it is not uncommon to see moon in scorpio individuals who are emotionally dead, living off their smarts and successes, carefully compartmentalizing the time and energy spent on a relationship, which, as a result, becomes empty and meaningless.
some individuals with this moon sign completely repress their feelings and project their own darkness and hostility onto their partner. in this case, it is the partner who either carries the weight or becomes the sole source of their emotional problems. other people with the moon in scorpio are very moody, and the darkness from their unconscious will leak through and bring them deadening bouts of depression. this person may attribute these emotions to any number of external factors but will usually never admit that they have anything to do with something inside themself.
it is not uncommon for a moon in scorpio individual to be so cut off from others and themself that they don’t really know what they feel. often their anger over a situation doesn’t surface for days, and when it does, it shows itself in the form of a mood swing or depression. this is an individual capable of great emotional extremes. on the surface they always seem perfectly in control. however, what is going on underneath the surface is another story. in the extreme, when pushed, this is a person capable of cold violence and emotionally vicious acts.
this is the sort of individual whom you can ask “what were you feeling then?” and get the response “I don’t know.” it might be that they don’t want to know, and it might also be that they don’t want to know, and it might also be that they do know and they don’t want to talk about it. emotionally, this person can be a very secretive, closed person who would rather put up a happy front than honestly reveal what they are really feeling.
the moon in scorpio individual is so uncomfortable with their own feelings that they hold them in and hope they will magically disappear. even if they are madly in love, they are often very distrustful and cautious about expressing themself. they play their cards very close to their chest to maintain their safety. they are also uncomfortable around heavy emotional displays, gushing sentimentality, self-pitying behavior, and violent or hysterical anger. instinctively, they know the latter can trigger their own anger and violence, which is just waiting under the surface, should something or someone provoke it at the right time. because they are not comfortable with their deeper feelings, they do not communicate them. they are intensely private and prone to pushing emotions further down so that they will be able to sustain and display a steely kind of control. emotional vulnerability is what their suspicious mind fears most. should they be brought to their knees through some emotional devastation, they will be very slow to recover or may never do so fully. instead they may simply become more contracted, controlling, and suspicious over time.
_______ how they show their feelings _______
the moon in scorpio individual may be both passive-aggressive and very critical. however, when they trust, they can also be passionate and talk from the depths of their soul. they are potentially a very deep person when they are not living through repression, control, and defense mechanisms. perhaps the way they they are most comfortable expressing their feelings is through sex. their is a deeply sensual and erotic nature that craves the kind of stimulation that allows them to lose their mind to the act. because they are so instinctively sexual, they can be a sublime lover with an erotic sensibility that is boundless.
when their anger is aroused, however, this person’s emotional display is equally boundless and potentially terrifying. they are capable of cold withdrawal. they are also able to display the sort of vicious acting out that, chances are, will never be forgotten. from scathing verbal abuse to cruel, calculated manipulations designed to destroy the perceived enemy, this person’s anger can be extremely painful. it is also highly effective. the moon in scorpio individual knows how to hit deep and hard and when they are angry usually won’t be able to stop themself from striking out in any other manner. having emotionally sadistic tendencies, they can derive a great deal of satisfaction from how horribly they can wound and destroy. this ability, which is as instinctive as their sexual prowess, makes them feel safe and separate from their own potential emotional pain. when operating from an unevolved level, this moon sign is a psychological killer. when evolved and operating from a spiritual consciousness, this person has great compassion and depth of intuition, intelligence, insight, and feeling. the difference is usually dependent on how much this person is willing to work on themself psychologically to truthfully and courageously face their own demons and grow into a human being who lives life more openly without the single goal of control.
NATALMOONINSCORPIO
________ who they are emotionally ________
the moon in scorpio individual is often an enigma unto themself. since scorpio is the sign of sex, death, and regeneration, this is the most complex moon placement in the zodiac. therefore, at various times, in response to various people, the moon in scorpio individual exhibits a wide variety of emotional responses. they can be cold, controlling, emotionally intense, but also very private, critical, moody, mysterious, indifferent, passionate, driven, compulsive, obsessive, compassionate, and completely distant. this is a very difficult moon sign to live with - for both them and their partner.
control is key to the moon in scorpio individual’s personality, and they will not only carefully control their own emotional response, they will control and manipulate their partner as well. control makes them feel safe. it also makes them cut off from anything that deeply disturbs them - whether it is their own complicated emotions rising to the surface or a lover who has made them extremely angry. to be completely out of control is this individual’s nightmare, since their emotions can be so intense and engulfing that they can completely overwhelm them, leaving them feeling powerless. at their most emotionally chaotic moment, they are capable of intense passion, jealousy, violence, excruciating moodiness, and black depression. even if they don’t know their limits well, they have some idea of what they are capable of on the negative side, and it frightens them. they also know that their survival is dependent on their ability to keep their feelings in check despite what they may feel like on the inside. therefore, this moon sign encourages suppression and the sort of stiff-upper-lip attitude that appears to the world as cool, inscrutable, and invulnerable. this is an individual who appears indifferent to their own pain and who thrives on performing under duress and coming out on top, even under the worst conditions. many moon in scorpio individuals are workaholics who throw themselves into their career or business with a compulsion that leaves little or no room for them to comfortably experience their own emotions.
scorpio is the sign of power - power over others as well as power from within. usually, individuals of this moon sign opt for power over others and themselves. these individuals feel a great deal of pride in their own sense of power and often don’t grow emotionally until they are trapped in some life-changing situation that makes them feel completely powerless. there can be so much rigidity in this moon sign that often this individual’s emotional vessel has to completely crack open before they are able to face their strong feelings. as is most often the case, these individuals take great pleasure in their own willpower and invulnerability and will drive themselves hard in their chosen direction. they do this because they are frightened of the demons lurking in their inner landscape. those individuals who are able to rise to the challenge of becoming more human, the individuals who are strong enough to face their own demons and not project them on their lovers, have the most extraordinary potential for wisdom, depth, emotional brilliance, and profound emotional healing. however, this option is only open to those individuals who have done deep psychological work. these are the individuals who drive themselves to be more than mere control mongers, having the laudable strength to face themselves and the complex forces that drive them.
